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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[yīn]
  1. 1. adjective [指天气] overcast
    得厉害。
    It's a very overcast day.
  2. 2. adjective [隐蔽的] secret
    阳奉
    support in public but undermine in secret
  3. 3. adjective [阴险的] insidious
    plot
  4. 4. adjective [物] negative
    cathode
  5. 5. noun [阳的对立面] Yin
  6. 6. noun [指月亮] the moon
    lunar calendar
  7. 7. noun [背面] back
  8. 8. noun [阴凉处] shade
    the shade

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

[yīn]
  1. 1. noun (in Chinese thought) yin, the feminine or negative principle in nature
  2. 2. noun the moon
  3. 3. noun shade
    the shade of a tree
  4. 4. noun north of a hill or south of a river
    Huayin (a county situated on the north side of Huashan Mountain)
    Jiangyin (a county situated on the south side of the Changjiang River)
  5. 5. noun the back side
    the back of a stone tablet
  6. 6. noun private parts (esp. of the female)
  7. 7. adjective overcast
    了。
    The sky is overcast.
    多云转
    cloudy to overcast
  8. 8. adjective in intaglio
    characters or designs cut in intaglio; intaglio
  9. 9. adjective hidden; secret
    sewer; covered drain
  10. 10. adjective sinister
    这个人真
    This chap's very sinister.
  11. 11. adjective of the nether world; of ghosts
    grave; tomb
    the nether world; the Hades
  12. 12. adjective [Physics] negative
    negative pole; negative electrode; cathode

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

[yīn]
  1. 1. 云层密布,不见或少见阳光的天气;气象学上特指中、低云总云量占天空8/10及以上,阳光很少或不能透过云层时的天空状况
    多云转
    了。
    雨。
    云。
  2. 2. 指日光照不到的地方
    道。
  3. 3. 山的北面;水的南面
    (在会稽山的北面)。
    (在长江的南面)。
  4. 4. 隐蔽的;不外露的
    沟。
    阳奉违。
  5. 5. 不光明正大
    这个人很
    谋。
    险。
    毒。
  6. 6. 生殖器;有时特指女性生殖器
    茎。
    道。
  7. 7. 凹下的
    文印章。
  8. 8. 我国古代哲学指宇宙间通贯物质和人事的两大对立面之一(另一面是"阳")
    阳二气。
  9. 9. 古代指太,即月亮
    历。
  10. 10. 跟鬼神有关的;跟冥间有关的
    德。
    间。
    曹地府。
    魂。
  11. 11. 带负电的
    极。
    离子。

Examples

天气一会儿晴一会儿
The weather is now clear, now cloudy.
你看这天得直发黑,出门记着带把伞啊!
The sky is getting overcast, so take an umbrella with you in case it rains.
天这么,看样子快要下雪了吧。
It is so cloudy that it is clearly going to snow soon.
It is impossible to have only the yang without the yin, or vice versa.
不能只有阳没有,或者只有没有阳。
How could she be so two-faced?
她怎么能这么一套阳一套的?

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